THE GIG IS UP
The Gig Is Up
From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people around the world are finding work task by task online. The gig economy is worth over 5 trillion USD globally, and growing. And yet the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution have gone largely neglected. Who are the people in this shadow workforce? The Gig Is Up brings their stories into the light.
Shannon Walsh / France, Canada / 2021 / 88 min.
English
Czech, English
New technologies
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